Brew Fest set for October 15th

KFB BREW FEST

Home Brew Contest And Fundraiser

SATURDAY OCTOBER 15TH, 2011 

Florence Cultural Garden (Downtown, S Dargan St)

VIP Admission $40 *

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

General Admission $25

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The inaugural KFB Brew Fest is an event hosted by Keep Florence Beautiful, a nonprofit organization in Florence, South Carolina committed to improving our community through Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling, Beautification, and Community Greening. 

This fundraiser will be held in downtown Florence on October 15th, 2011 at the new Florence Cultural Garden (a KFB Project) on South Dargan Street and will feature a competition for local home (beer) brewers and live music including band “Octopus Jones”.  General admission is $25, VIP Admission is $40. Admission includes a tasting glass and beer samples.  *VIP admission will also include access to the Home Brew Contest and an early beer tasting of two specialty craft beers.  Additional food and beverages will be available for purchase. Funds from tickets and sales for this event will benefit the Florence community through KFB beautification/improvement projects and educational awareness programming.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Home Brewers (Competitors)

There is an entry fee of $25 which includes a VIP ticket for the Home Brewer.  Home Brewers applications must be submitted by October 3rd.  You will be required to submit three (3) 22 oz. bottles OR six (6) 12 oz. bottles.  They should be clean and free from labels or bottle designs and without distinguishing marks. The cap should also be free of any markings. If the cap has writing on it - use a black permanent marker or paint to cover it up.  Fine grit sand paper and acetone will remove writing as well. Silver or gold caps are recommended. Each bottle should have a bottle tag rubber banded to it. Do not use tapes or glue or you may be disqualified.  Make sure to tag each beer with a label, see “Brew Fest 2011 Homebrewers Application.pdf” attached for additional details.

Ticket Sales

Tickets are on Sale at Micky Finns in Florence, SC at 194 South Cashua Drive or 550 Pamplico Highway.  You may also purchase tickets through one of the Keep Florence Beautiful Board members listed below.

VIP Level PRESS passes available, please contact Tara Durden.

Volunteers

Volunteer positions are available, must be over 21 with valid ID. Please contact michelle@keepflorencebeautiful.org

Sponsors

Sponsorship opportunities are available, see attachment “Brew Fest 2011 Sponsor Sheet.pdf” for details.

Event Contacts

Cliff Smith - csmith@pinnaclens.com - 843.206.5591 (Event Manager/Board Member)

Michelle Bailey – mbailey@adamsoutdoor.com – 206-3205 (Board Chair)

Tara Durden – tara.durden@acstechnologies.com – 229-7794 (Press Contact /Board Member)

Keep Florence Beautiful is a 501C3 organization in Florence, South Carolina.  Our mission is to engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community.

Our focus is to improve the visual aspects of our community by supporting Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling, Beautification, and Community Greening.  We identify the causes of litter and reduce it by organizing cleanups and programs that beautify and naturally clean our environment, these programs include community education for responsible consumerism; source reduction, reuse and recycling; community gardens; restoration of vacant lots; highway and shoreline beautification; urban forests, native and wildflower plantings; and graffiti prevention and abatement.

Our guiding principles are education, individual responsibility, public-private partnerships and volunteer action.  Through education we encourage positive behaviors toward community improvement and teach individual responsibility for improving our community, environment and quality of life.  Our goal is to encourage the community to become more engaged as citizens and stewards of the environment. Public-private partnerships and volunteer action create broad-based community alliances and allow us to engage the community as a whole, extending the reach of our education and multiplying the impact of our actions while strengthening pride in the Florence community.  Partnerships and volunteers are essential to our organization and allow us to achieve sustainable community improvement.

Recent Projects & Initiatives

Some of the recent projects and initiatives of Keep Florence Beautiful are: The Florence Cultural Garden in Downtown Florence, The City County Complex Beautification Project, The annual Great American Cleanup, and The Magic City Pride Downtown Litter Sweep. Details such as the amount of trash collected, sponsors, partners, and other project components are available by request.

Board Members:

Julian Young, Terasa Young, Tammy Dickerson, Bill Pickle, Victor Webster, Glenn Pickney, Kammy Benton, Tara Durden, Clifford Smith, Michelle Bailey (chair).